Gina Gershon

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Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American film and television actress, known for her roles in the films "Cocktail" (1988), "Showgirls" (1995), "Bound" (1996) and "Face/Off" (1997).

Biography

Personal life

Gershon was born in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of Mickey (née Koppel), an interior decorator, and Stan Gershon, who worked in import/export business and sales. [http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/CA_Profiles/People_Profile/0,2540,12,00.html Cigar Aficionado|People Profile|Gina Gershon] ] [ [http://www.filmreference.com/film/31/Gina-Gershon.html Gina Gershon Biography (1962-)] ] Gershon is Jewish, and has a brother, Dann, and a sister, Tracy. She attended Beverly Hills High School with Lenny Kravitz. [ [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,1123321,00.html Cracking Up Lenny Kravitz|Lenny Kravitz|Music News|Music|Entertainment Weekly] ] After high school, Gershon moved to Boston, where she attended Emerson College.

A 2008 "Vanity Fair" article linked her romantically with former President Bill Clinton. [The Los Angeles Times. [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/thedishrag/2008/06/vanity-fair-sto.html Vanity Fair links Bill Clinton to actress Gina Gershon] ] Speaking on the U.S. television show "Live with Regis and Kelly" on June 9, she said, "It is such a crazy, outrageous lie.... I met him three times at events. It disturbed me on so many levels. I felt I had to stand up and say the truth." [ [note, this URL is blacklisted for some reason:] http://www.postchronicle dot com/news/original/article_212151922.shtml]

Gershon has dated hotel owner Sean McPherson, wealthy entrepreneur Jay Penske, actors John Cusack and Owen Wilson, and musician Beck Hansen.Fact|date=September 2008

Career

Gershon moved to New York City from Boston to attend NYU, where she studied drama and child psychology. She also attended Circle in the Square Professional Theater School in New York, working with David Mamet and Harold Guskin. She is one of the founding members of the New York based theater group Naked Angels.NetGlimse [http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/gina_gershon/index.shtml Gina Gershon biography] ]

Her first acting venues were stage appearances in "Camille" and "The Substance of Fire." Her break came with a bit part in 1986's "Pretty in Pink," and then a bigger part in "Cocktail" with Tom Cruise. Gershon also worked in TV, with a recurring role on Melrose Place. She won critical acclaim for her portrayal of Nancy Sinatra in the made-for-TV bio-pic, "Sinatra." In 1996, she played Corky, an ex-con who gets mixed up in a lesbian affair with Jennifer Tilly, in the mobster flick, "Bound." The following year she co-starred with John Travolta and Nicolas Cage in Face/Off.

Gershon is regarded as a gay icon [ [http://www.afterellen.com/TV/totallygay.html http://www.afterellen.com/TV/totallygay.html] "Afterellen.com" Retrieved on 04-19-07 ] because of her roles in movies such as "Bound" (in which she played a butch lesbian), "Prey For Rock & Roll"" and "Showgirls" (which is regarded as a camp classic). At the same time, her sultry good looks and frequent nude appearances in other films have also gained her a substantial heterosexual male fan base. She was ranked #51 on the "Maxim" Hot 100 Women of 2004.cite web | title=FreeJose.com | work=Maxim Magazine Hot 100 Women of 2004 | url=http://www.freejose.com/lists/maxim/2004/ | accessdate=March 4 | accessyear=2007]

Gershon played Jew's harp on "I Can't Decide", a song on the Scissor Sisters 2006 release "Ta-Dah". She also played Jew's harp on the song "I Do It For Your Love", Paul Simon's collaboration with Herbie Hancock on his album "Possibilities". On television, she has recurring roles on HBO's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (as a Hasidic drycleaner), "Rescue Me", and the U.S. dramedy series "Ugly Betty" (as Italian cosmetics mogul Fabia, the rival of Wilhelmina Slater). She also has served as the voiceover for Major League Baseball's "I Live For This" promotional campaign.

She and her brother Dann are the authors of the children's book "Camp Creepy Time".

On September 10, 2008, Gershon appeared in a video on funnyordie.com parodying Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, titled [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/61410aa4ff "Gina Gershon Strips Down Sarah Palin"] [ [http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/61410aa4ff "Gina Gershon Strips Down Sarah Palin"] ]

Filmography

Movies

*"Pretty in Pink" (1986)- gym student/friend at prom
*"Red Heat" (1988) - Cat Manzetti
*"Cocktail" (1988) - Coral
*"Out for Justice" (1991) - Patti Madano
*"The Player" (1992)
*"Showgirls" (1995) - Cristal Connors
*"Best of the Best 3" - (1995)
*"Bound" (1996) - Corky
*"Face/Off" (1997) - Sasha Hassler
*"This World and Then The Fireworks" (1997) - Carol Lakewood Morton
*"Palmetto" (1998) - Nina
*"One Tough Cop" (1998) -
*" Black & White" (1998) -Nora 'Hugs' Hugosian
*"The Insider" (1999) - Helen Caperelli
*"Driven" (2001) - Cathy Heguy
*"Picture Claire" (2001) - Lily Warden
*"Borderline" (2002) - Lila Coletti
*"Demonlover" (2002) - Elaine Si Gibril
*"Prey for Rock and Roll" (2003) - Jacki
*"Three Way" (2004) - Florence
*"Out of Season" (2004) -
*"" (2005) - Judith Carr
*"Dreamland" (2006) - Mary
*"One Last Thing..." (2006)
*"Kettle of Fish" (2006) - Ginger
*"Rent" (2006) - window
*"What Love Is" (2006) - Rachel
*"Delirious" (2007)
*"P.S. I Love You" (2007) - Sharon
*"Beer For My Horses" (2008)- Cammie
*"Just Business" (2008) - Marty
*"Love Ranch" (2009)

Television

*"The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd" (1989) - Randy
*"Sinatra" (1992) - Nancy Sinatra
*"Melrose Place" (1993) - Ellen
*"Snoops" (1999) - Glenn Hall
*"" (2003) - Shikata (voice)
*"Tripping the Rift" (2004) - Six (voice, replaced by Carmen Electra in Season 2)
*"Curb Your Enthusiasm" (2004 & 2007) - "Anna"
*"The Batman" (2004-2008) - Catwoman (voice)
*"Ugly Betty" (2006) - Fabia
*"Psych" (2007) - Emilina Saffron (episode "American Duos")
*"Rescue Me" (2007) - Valerie (episodes "Solo" "Animal" "High" "Cycle" "Keefe" & "Yaz")

Broadway

*"Cabaret" (1998 revival) - Sally Bowles
*"Boeing Boeing" (2008 revival) - Gabriella

References

External links

* [http://www.ginagershon.com/home.html Official website] (features detailed filmography, biography, news)
*imdb name|id=0000153|name=Gina Gershon
* [http://www.nndb.com/people/882/000025807/ Gina Gershon] at the Notable Names Database
* [http://www.myspace.com/ginagershon Gina Gershon at MySpace]
* [http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20041907,00.html Q&A from Entertainment Weekly (June 19, 2007)]
* [http://www.campcreepytime.com Camp Creepy Time website]